Lakers star LeBron James gave everybody a scare earlier this season when he sat out a substantial period of time with a groin pressure. However, regardless of returning to the court docket, some throughout the group aren’t satisfied he’s totally healed.

In response to a report from The Athletic, Los Angeles is “a little bit involved” about James. The report famous the workforce was additionally sluggish to deliver James again out of worry he would not get better correctly.

“The Lakers are privately a little bit involved about LeBron. Is he totally healed from the groin pressure that price him a career-worst 18 video games? Is he going to select up his depth and propel this workforce again into the playoffs, as he did final yr in Cleveland?​”

The Lakers (28-29) struggled with out James within the lineup and can return to motion after the All-Star break three video games out of a playoff spot.

“(I am) wanting ahead to the second half of the season,” James stated after the All-Star Sport, through the Los Angeles Occasions, “wanting ahead to seeing what we will do to get again on this playoff race. That is my solely mindset.

“That is the one factor that is going to occur in my psychological area for these subsequent two months, just about on how I can get this workforce enjoying the kind of degree of basketball we had been enjoying earlier than my damage.”

James is averaging 26.eight factors, eight.6 rebounds and 7.6 assists in his first season in Los Angeles. He is taking pictures 51.Three % from the sector and 35.5 % from Three-point vary.